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What about Euros, they are just as big really.

someone else can do that.  I've given up.  Also wouldn't say the European Championships are even nearly as big as the WC.

 

They are in that the best 23 players available to each country will get picked.

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What about Euros, they are just as big really.

someone else can do that.  I've given up.  Also wouldn't say the European Championships are even nearly as big as the WC.

 

They are in that the best 23 players available to each country will get picked.

Fewer teams though, decreased chance.  Also haven't been going as long as the WC.
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Brazil 1950

George Robledo  -  Chile  (only player at that WC not playing club football in his own country)

 

Sweden 1958

Alf McMichael, Dick Keith & Tommy Casey  -  all Northern Ireland

 

Mexico 1986

David McCreery & Ian Stewart  -  both Northern Ireland

 

Japan/South Korea 2002

Andy O'Brien & Shay Given  -  both Republic of Ireland

 

Germany 2006

Craig Moore  -  Australia

Jean-Alain Boumsong  -  France

 

South Africa 2010

Jonas Gutierrez  -  Argentina

 

 

 

Nice one WBCP :thup: :thup:

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James

Johnson Terry Ferdinand A. Cole

        Barry

Lennon Lampard Gerrard J. Cole

        Rooney

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Group stage:

 

                      Green

 

Johnson   Ferdinand   Terry   Cole

 

Lennon   Lampard   Gerrard   Cole

 

             Rooney   Crouch

 

 

KO stage:

 

                     Green

 

Johnson   Ferdinand   Terry   Cole

 

Lennon   Lampard   Barry   Cole

                   Gerrard

                   Rooney

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Watching a re-run of the 98 Final on ESPN Classic with the original commentary. Keegan on Zidane after the 2nd goal...'He's nothing special, he's nothing out of this world, but he's a great finisher.'  :colo:

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To be fair I'd hardly heard of him before then...though I was only 13 so had an excuse!

 

I watched nearly all of the games at 96 and 98 and it wasn't until the final in 98 that he really shone. Most of his fame at that time came from good club performances.

 

He was ok at Euro 96, but the problem was that despite getting to the Semi-Finals of the tournament France really weren't very good. They drew with spain in the group stages and really struggled against Romania. The only team they beat comfortably was Bulgaria. Then they drew both their QF and SF games 0-0 with both going to pens.

 

People forget aswell that they weren't great for the most part at World Cup 98. They had Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Denmark in their group and scraped through against Paraguay in the 2R, needed penners to beat Italy in the QF and Croatia were better than them for most of the SF. It was only in the final that they really sorted it out against a very out of sorts Brazil with a ruined Ronaldo.

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Why do SSN have to go to the lengths of designing really shite aircraft cabins to show us who is in the England squad. Just put the names on the screen man - we'll understand.

The Paint thread on here was better.

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